Interactive cloud-based toy

• US 9,833,725 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dynepic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dynepic, Inc.
• Inventors: Watry, Krissa
• Primary Examiner(s): HARPER, TRAMAR YONG
• Application Number:
  US14/739,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20150360139A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/26 Magnetic or electric toys electric drives A63H29/22 ; indoor games played with small balls using magnetic power A63F7/0088, A63F7/068
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

An interactive cloud-based toy for children having a communicator located in the housing of the toy is provided. The communicator has electronic circuitry operatively coupled to a cloud database for transmitting and receiving data through a Bluetooth connection with a smart device. The cloud database corroborates and aggregates data across toys, third party cloud services, and provides customized content to the communicator. The cloud database is operatively connected to the electronic circuitry and is capable of receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto. The cloud database includes provision for authorization of the user and a sensor group.

Claims

1. An interactive toy system comprising:

a communicator in the form of a toy, the toy comprising a vehicle or figurine, having electronic circuitry located therein, said electronic circuitry including a microprocessor having memory capability and being operatively connected to a wireless transmitter/receiver for receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto;

a cloud server operably connected to said communicator and being configured to dynamically control one or more functions of at least one child profile for a user of the communicator via authorization provisions for the user of the communicator, a security function, and a user profile, said user profile including at least one guardian profile and the at least one child profile such that the at least one guardian profile can view and control the at least one child profile, said authorization provisions being operable to enable said at least one guardian profile to selectively approve and restrict content accessible to said at least one child profile, and to selectively approve and restrict friend associations with said at least one child profile to establish one or more secure friend associations with said at least one child profile, said cloud server further comprising an application layer operably engaged with said user profile, said application layer being operable to define shared protocols between said cloud server and one or more third party applications to enable updating and altering the one or more functions of the communicator.

2. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said communicator further includes a smart device operatively connected to said cloud server.

3. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said authorization provisions are operable to enable said at least one guardian profile to selectively approve and customize content accessible to said at least one child profile.

4. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry further includes an audio encoder and decoder.

5. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry further includes at least one speaker.

6. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electrical circuitry further includes an LED display.

7. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electrical circuitry further includes an LCD display.

8. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said communicator includes one or more sensors from the group consisting of microphones, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometer, flex, geo-location, tilt, sound, temperature, lights, pressure, and buttons.

9. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said communicator includes one or more actuators.

10. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein messages are converted to audio in the text-to-speech engine and routed through a cloud data delivery network to said communicator.

11. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein the wireless transceiver is a Bluetooth low energy radio.

12. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein wireless transceiver is a WiFi radio.

13. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said user profile is configured to selectively filter one or more data sets accessible through the application layer according to said authorization provisions associated with said guardian profile, such that said application layer is operable to configure said shared protocols and interface methods to selectively restrict third party content.

14. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud server includes a sensor database.

15. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said user profile is configured to selectively filter one or more data sets associated with said child profile from said application layer, such that said application layer is operable to configure said shared protocols to deliver customized content from said one or more third party applications to said communicator.

16. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud server includes supplemental content.

17. An interactive toy system comprising:

a communicator in the form of a toy, the toy comprising a vehicle or figurine, having electronic circuitry located therein, said electronic circuitry includes a microprocessor and operatively connected to a wireless transceiver for receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto; and

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a cloud server which corroborates and aggregates data, said cloud server being configured to dynamically control one or more functions of at least one child profile for a user of said communicator via authorization provisions for the user of the communicator, a security function, and a user profile, said user profile including at least one guardian profile and the at least one child profile such that the at least one guardian profile can view and control the at least one child profile, said authorization provisions operable to enable said at least one guardian profile to selectively approve and restrict content accessible to said at least one child profile, and to selectively approve and restrict friend associations with said at least one child profile to establish one or more secure friend associations with said at least one child profile;

said cloud server further comprising an application layer executing on said cloud server and operably engaged with said user profile, said application layer being operable to define shared protocols and interface methods between said cloud server and one or more third party applications, said user profile being configured to selectively filter one or more data sets from said application layer according to authorization provisions associated with said guardian profile, such that said abstraction application layer is operable to selectively restrict third party content and deliver customized content from said one or more third party applications to said communicator.